AROMETA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15700418 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-02
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
51/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 51/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
51/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-18
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-07-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-22
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-05-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AROMETA LTD
  7. 2024-05-02
    LAMINA, Ayotunde appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-02

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-05-15

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ayotunde Lamina
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/05/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · SN postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ALI'S KEBAB BRISTOL LTD
17088153 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
AS TASTY BUNS LIMITED
16501827 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ASK LEE LTD
13907603 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
AT CHALK LTD
15659868 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
AVON KITCHEN LIMITED
13889913 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
AWAY STAYS SA LTD
13296021 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
AYDIR LIMITED
15338388 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
AZZY KEBAB COMPANY LIMITED
14300000 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
B & B GARDENING LIMITED
12352134 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
BA SHRIVENHAM LIMITED
16102813 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BALMER DESIGNS LTD
06168776 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
19y
BAM BAM PATISSERIE LTD
16973034 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

11 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

24 Saxon Close
Cricklade
Swindon
SN6 6LZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-02OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2025-05-15OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LAMINA, Ayotunde
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (6 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-02